I was tipping around the Internet and was having a look through Chris Bulen's MR2 page and found these interesting pics of a Audi V8 MK2 in Florida. This looks to be a similar recipe to what Paul Woods has done with his Audi V8 MK1....


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More details can be found on Chris's site here: http://www.mv8r.com/wordpress/worlds-1st-running-and-driving-1991-1999-toyota-mr2-v8-its-not-mine/

Including a video link: http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=35bi43p&s=6

Pretty huge job! I wonder how it handles??

That is lovely, is there a reason for the audi unit over cheaper lexus unit's, i presume there fairly compact for what they are (i should just use google, but there's a pizza coming and i need concentration for that )

I think the hard part is the north south transaxle. They use an Audi one that sits at the back of the car. Probably the availability of Lexus - Audi bellhousings is not that great so that's why they've gone audi. Another possibility would be to do the same thing with a WRX transaxle and leave off the 4wd rear drive, although mating a flat four transaxle to a V8 engine might be a bit of a task!

I wonder what transaxle the MCR8 had? was it a SARD custom unit?